ψωλή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, related to the same root as ψάω (psáō, “to rub, wipe”), ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel, bit”), ψωλός (psōlós, “with the foreskin drawn back; circumcised”), ψώρα (psṓra, “mange”) and ψωχός (psōkhós, “sandy”). According to Beekes, inherited explanations must be given up; the group of words is probably Pre-Greek, especially given the coexistence of ψαίω (psaíō), ψαύω (psaúō) and ψίω (psíō); perhaps loaned from another Indo-European language and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psɔː.lɛ̌ː/ → /psoˈli/ → /psoˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psɔː.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psoˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psoˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psoˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psoˈli/

Noun

ψωλή • (psōlḗ) f (genitive ψωλῆς); first declension

1. penis with the foreskin drawn back (cf. Latin verpa)
2. circumcised penis

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ψωλή; τῆς ψωλῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψωλή hē psōlḗ	τὼ ψωλᾱ́ tṑ psōlā́	αἱ ψωλαί hai psōlaí
Genitive	τῆς ψωλῆς tês psōlês	τοῖν ψωλαῖν toîn psōlaîn	τῶν ψωλῶν tôn psōlôn
Dative	τῇ ψωλῇ têi psōlêi	τοῖν ψωλαῖν toîn psōlaîn	ταῖς ψωλαῖς taîs psōlaîs
Accusative	τὴν ψωλήν tḕn psōlḗn	τὼ ψωλᾱ́ tṑ psōlā́	τᾱ̀ς ψωλᾱ́ς tā̀s psōlā́s
Vocative	ψωλή psōlḗ	ψωλᾱ́ psōlā́	ψωλαί psōlaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ψωλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψωλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ψωλή (psōlḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /psoˈli/
• with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA^(key): /tim‿bzoˈli/
• Hyphenation: ψω‧λή

Noun

ψωλή • (psolí) f (plural ψωλές)

1. (colloquial, vulgar) cock, dick, prick, pecker (penis)

   Είναι γνωστό ότι η ψωλή του είναι μικρή.

   Eínai gnostó óti i psolí tou eínai mikrí.

   It is well known that his dick is small.

Declension

Declension of ψωλή

	singular	plural
nominative	ψωλή (psolí)	ψωλές (psolés)
genitive	ψωλής (psolís)	ψωλών (psolón)
accusative	ψωλή (psolí)	ψωλές (psolés)
vocative	ψωλή (psolí)	ψωλές (psolés)

Synonyms

• (dick, cock): πέος n (péos) (polite term), ανδρικό μόριο n (andrikó mório, “male member”) (euphemistic), τσουτσούνι n (tsoutsoúni) (colloquial, childish), πουλί n (poulí) (colloquial, childish), πούτσος m (poútsos) (colloquial, vulgar), καυλί n (kavlí) (colloquial, vulgar), μαλαπέρδα f (malapérda) (colloquial, vulgar)

Derived terms

• ψωλάρα f (psolára) (augmentative)
• ψωλάκι n (psoláki) (diminutive)
• ψωλίτσα f (psolítsa) (diminutive)
• ψωλαράς m (psolarás, “well-endowed man”)